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Serbian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Norway  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
hallo  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
takk  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
god natt  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
god morgen  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
unnskyld  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
ha det  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Sogn  

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Norsk  

French Name
serbe  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Serbisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
11th Century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
44  
33
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
nor  

ISO 639 3
srp  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Serbian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Norwegian language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Serbian and Norwegian Language History.

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Serbian and Norwegian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Serbian and Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Norwegian language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Serbian vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Serbian vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Norwegian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Serbian and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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